Sunday, February 10, 2013

Review: Frostbite by Richelle Mead (VA #2)

Title: Frostbite

(Vampire Academy #2)

Author: Richelle Mead

Summary:

Rose loves Dimitri, Dimitri might love Tasha, and Mason
would die to be with Rose...

It’s winter break at St. Vladimir’s, but Rose is feeling anything but festive.
A massive Strigoi attack has put the school on high alert, and now the
Academy’s crawling with Guardians—including Rose’s hard-hitting mother, Janine
Hathaway. And if hand-to-hand combat with her mom wasn’t bad enough, Rose’s
tutor Dimitri has his eye on someone else, her friend Mason’s got a huge crush
on her, and Rose keeps getting stuck in Lissa’s head while she’s making out
with her boyfriend, Christian! The Strigoi are closing in, and the Academy’s
not taking any risks... This year, St. Vlad’s annual holiday ski trip is
mandatory.

But the glittering winter landscape and the posh Idaho resort only create the
illusion of safety. When three friends run away in an offensive move against
the deadly Strigoi, Rose must join forces with Christian to rescue them. But
heroism rarely comes without a price...

Review:

So this book starts immediately after the end of book 1. We
still get to follow Rose, as she tries to understand what it means to be “shadow-kissed”
how to help Lissa with her spirit power issues, and how to figure out boys.

All of our cast is back. Rose is still as stubborn, crazy
and reckless as before. And just as bad-ass. Lissa is dealing with no longer
being able to use magic, while balancing best friend time with boyfriend time.
Dimitri is back, and hotter than ever. Mia even turns up, with her annoying,
yet sad self. Mason turns out to profess
his unrequited love for Rose. And theres a new cutie in town, that I think will
make more appearances in the following books- Adrian. He’s another royal,
though pretty arrogant and feisty, but he keeps a deep, dark secret hidden.

The plot consists of the Strogi (bad, dead vampires)
attacking the good guys. While the Morei (alive vampires) and Dhympirs (half
alive vampire, half human) fight about how to solve the problem. Some think the
Morei should learn to fight so they are no longer victims. Some think they
should use up all the dhympirs, even the children and mothers, to protect them.

Because of the attacks, the entire school, and even others
that are adults, gather together at a Ski Lodge resort to hide. But then
something worse happens- the Strogies attack again- and close this time.

Some bad stuff happens, some good stuff happens… and its all
very entertaining and heart wrenching.

I still wish there was more romance between Dimitri and
rose- and I feel like if Adrian turns out to be a new love interest- creating a
love triangle- I think Ill have to vote for him, bec there just isn’t enough
emotion coming from Dimitri.

Overall, this book was pretty dang good! Even better than
the first. A little more romance, a faster plot, and even more action!

6 comments:

I'm so glad that you're enjoying this series! It's one of my favorites, and I was sorry that I hadn't read it a lot sooner than I did. Frostbite always stands out in my mind as the book featuring Adrian's first appearance. He's quite the character!

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